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OverviewAfter a turbulent and moneyed midterm election season, turn to the new edition of this trusted classic to guide your students through the influence and reach of interest groups. With its broad spectrum of scholarship on interest groups past and present, Interest Group Politics once again brings together noted political scientists to provide comprehensive coverage and cutting-edge research on interest groups in U.S. politics. Contributors examine the growth of social networks in lobbying, the actions of organized interests during the health care reform debate, campaign mobilization and congressional decision making from the group perspective, and more. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Allan J. Cigler , Burdett A. LoomisPublisher: SAGE Publications Inc Imprint: CQ Press Edition: 8th Revised edition Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.80cm Weight: 0.460kg ISBN: 9781604266375ISBN 10: 1604266376 Pages: 432 Publication Date: 05 October 2011 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Replaced By: 9781483374819 Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: In Print  Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Changing Nature of Interest Group Politics - Burdett A. Loomis and Allan J. Cigler PART ONE: GROUP ORGANIZATION Learning to Lobby: Groups, Venues, and Information in 18th-Century America - Burdett A. Loomis Reappraising the Survival Question: Why We Should Focus on Interest Group Organizational Form and Careers - Darren Halpin and Anthony J. Nownes Trade Associations, the Collective Action Dilemma, and the Problem of Cohesion - Lee Drutman Dissenting Doctors: The Internal Politics of the AMA during the Health Care Reform Debate - Maryann Barakso Learning Civic Leadership: Leader Skill Development in the Sierra Club - Matthew Baggetta, Chaeyoon Lim, Kenneth T. Andrews, Marshall Ganz, and Hahrie C. Hahn PART TWO: GROUPS AND THE ELECTORAL PROCESS Interest Group Money in the 2008 Federal Election - Allan J. Cigler Interest Group Television Advertising in Presidential and Congressional Elections - Michael Franz Bridging the Gap between Political Parties and Interest Groups - Michael T. Heaney PART THREE: GROUPS AND POLICYMAKING Issue Advertising and Legislative Advocacy in Health Politics - Richard L. Hall and Richard Anderson Gridlock Lobbying: Breaking, Creating, and Maintaining Legislative Stalemate - Jennifer Nicoll Victor Not Just Another Special Interest: The Intergovernmental Lobby Revisited - Beverly A. Cigler The Rise and Fall and Rise of the China Lobby in the United States - Ronald J. Hrebenar and Clive S. Thomas Ethnic Interest Groups and American Foreign Policy: A Growing Interest? - James M. McCormick The Allure of Reform: The Increasing Demand for Health Care Lobbying From Clinton's Task Force to Obama's Big [Expletive] Deal - Timothy M. LaPira PART FOUR: CONCLUSION Stalemate Meets Uncertainty: Organized Interests in a Partisan Era - Allan J. Cigler and Burdett A. LoomisReviewsAuthor InformationAllan J. Cigler is Chancellor's Club Teaching Professor of Political Science at the University of Kansas. He received his doctorate from Indiana University. His research and writing focus on parties and interest groups, particularly on the relationship between the two mediating institutions. Burdett A. Loomis is professor of political science at the University of Kansas. A former American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow and recipient of a Kemper Teaching Award, he has written extensively on legislatures, political careers, interest groups, and policymaking. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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